See inquire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "\"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder,\" commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. \"We'll see him on in Washington some day.[…]A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless.\" ¶ \"Of what party is he?\" she inquired, as though casually.",
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"2": "la",
"3": "inquīrō",
"4": "",
"5": "to seek for"
},
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"name": "bor"
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"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*kʷaizeō"
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*kʷeh₂-",
"t": "to acquire"
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "enquerre"
},
"expansion": "Old French enquerre",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "speir",
"t": "ask, inquire"
},
"expansion": "Middle English speir (“ask, inquire”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"present",
"singular",
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},
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"word": "inquest"
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{
"word": "inquiry"
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{
"word": "inquisition"
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{
"word": "inquisitive"
},
{
"word": "inquisitor"
},
{
"word": "query"
}
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{
"categories": [
"American English",
"Australian English",
"Canadian English",
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
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{
"ref": "1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:",
"text": "\"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder,\" commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. \"We'll see him on in Washington some day.[…]A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless.\" ¶ \"Of what party is he?\" she inquired, as though casually.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To ask (about something)."
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"links": [
[
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"(intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something)."
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"Australia",
"Canada",
"US",
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"transitive"
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},
{
"categories": [
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],
"glosses": [
"To make an inquiry or an investigation."
],
"links": [
[
"inquiry",
"inquiry"
],
[
"investigation",
"investigation"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To make an inquiry or an investigation."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 12:",
"text": "Canute had his portion from the rest, The which he cald Canutium, for his hyre, Now Cantium, which Kent we commenly inquire.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To call; to name."
],
"links": [
[
"call",
"call"
],
[
"name",
"name"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, obsolete) To call; to name."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɪnˈkwaɪə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪnˈkwaɪɹ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪə(ɹ)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"obsolete"
],
"word": "frain"
},
{
"tags": [
"British"
],
"word": "enquire"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "istaʕlama",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "اِسْتَعْلَمَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "saʔala",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "سَأَلَ"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "saʔal",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "سأل"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "harcʻnel",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "հարցնել"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "iker"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razpitvam",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "разпитвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "interesuvam se",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "интересувам се"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "詢問"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xúnwèn",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "询问"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "打聽"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dǎting",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "打听"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "demandi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "kysyä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "tiedustella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "kysellä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "enquêter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "se renseigner"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "inquirir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "sich erkundigen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "nachfragen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "inquirieren"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sha'ál",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "שָׁאַל)"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "érdeklődik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "tudakozódik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "kérdezősködik"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "fiafraigh"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "fiosraigh"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "toiawaseru",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "問い合わせる"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tazuneru",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "尋ねる"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kiku",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "訊く"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kiku",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "聞く"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "scisco"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "sciscitor"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "scitor"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "pakirehua"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "spørre"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "forespørre"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "inquirir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "investiga"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "cerceta"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sprášivatʹ",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "спра́шивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "spravljátʹsja",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "справля́ться"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "pṛcchati",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "पृच्छति"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "faighnich"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "investigar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "informarse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "fråga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "höra sig för"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "vicāriñcu",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "విచారించు"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "daryāptu cēyu",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "దర్యాప్తు చేయు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sɔ̀ɔp-tǎam",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "สอบถาม"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pytaty",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "питати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "doviduvatysja",
"sense": "to ask about something",
"word": "довідуватися"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razpitjaam",
"sense": "to make an enquiry",
"word": "разпитяам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make an enquiry",
"word": "tiedustella"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make an enquiry",
"word": "whakaui"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make an enquiry",
"word": "urupounamu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make an enquiry",
"word": "pakirehua"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to make an enquiry",
"word": "faighnich"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make an enquiry",
"word": "consultar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make an enquiry",
"word": "preguntar"
}
],
"word": "inquire"
}
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